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Senate Passes 2022 Appropriation Bill Of N17.13trn - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Senate while passing the bill increased the benchmark price of crude from 57 to 62 dollars per barrel, from which a proposed increase in revenue is expected.
The sum of 3.8 trillion naira is for debt service, 6.9 trillion naira recurrent non-debt expenditure while 5.4 trillion naira is for capital expenditure.
After the passage of the budget Senate President Ahmad Lawan commended the National Assembly for restoring the budget cycle back to January to December.
The House of Representatives also raised and passed the exact figure on Tuesday.
The lawmakers made provision for 10 percent of monies recovered by EFCC and the National Financial Intelligence Unit to be utilised by the agencies for their operations, to strengthen their fight against corruption.
The budget deficit was increased by 98 billion naira to accommodate some other requests of national importance which have not been captured in the budget estimates and which could not be covered by the revenue increase.

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Senate Passes Bill To Scrap Ferma - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 30, 2021
The proposed law is aimed at facilitating the establishment of an agency to govern and manage the nation’s federal roads network.
When established, the agency is expected to facilitate private sector participation in the development, financing, maintenance, management, and improvement of roads in Nigeria.
It would also regulate contracts for road concession and other forms of public private partnership as well as set guidelines for the working of PPP contracts.
The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu and Ossai Nicholas.

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Senate Presidency: Goje, 60 Others Endorse Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 9, 2019
With few hours toinauguration of the 9th National Assembly, one of the major contenders forPresident of the Senate, Danjuma Goje and 60 other senators-elect, haveendorsed Ahmad Lawan.
The Secretary of theAhmad Lawan campaign group, Barau Jibrin announced this in Abuja at theunveiling of more endorsement of senators-elect.
Goje had on Thursdaystepped down for Ahmad Lawan.
Announcing the namesof the senators-elect, Barau said of the 61 persons that endorsed Lawan, 60were from the All Progressives Congress APC while one was from YoungProgressives Party YPP.
Barau said that theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC had cleared 107 of the 109senators-elect expected to form the ninth senate.
He said from thenumber, there were 62 APC senators-elect, 44 Peoples Democratic Party PDP andone from YPP.
He further disclosedthat the two outstanding seats in Imo were yet to be determined by INEC.


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Senate Presidency: Goje, 60 Others Endorse Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 9, 2019
With few hours toinauguration of the 9th National Assembly, one of the major contenders forPresident of the Senate, Danjuma Goje and 60 other senators-elect, haveendorsed Ahmad Lawan.
The Secretary of theAhmad Lawan campaign group, Barau Jibrin announced this in Abuja at theunveiling of more endorsement of senators-elect.
Goje had on Thursdaystepped down for Ahmad Lawan.
Announcing the namesof the senators-elect, Barau said of the 61 persons that endorsed Lawan, 60were from the All Progressives Congress APC while one was from YoungProgressives Party YPP.
Barau said that theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC had cleared 107 of the 109senators-elect expected to form the ninth senate.
He said from thenumber, there were 62 APC senators-elect, 44 Peoples Democratic Party PDP andone from YPP.
He further disclosedthat the two outstanding seats in Imo were yet to be determined by INEC.

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Senate Presidency: Goje Steps Down For Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 6, 2019
Senator Danjuma Goje on Thursday announced his withdrawal from the race for Senate Presidency  and endorsed the candidacy of Sen. Ahmad Lawan.
The election for Senate Presidency is expected to hold on June 11.
Goje and Lawan spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari alongside  Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, was present as Goje and  Lawan fielded questions from State House correspondents .

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Senate Presidency: Tinubu Meets Senators-Elect Thursday. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2023
Notice of the meeting was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Senate and read by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege who presided over proceedings.
The letter says all Senators-elect and House of Representative members – elect should be at the State house on Thursday 8th June 2023 by 2pm.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, had earlier endorsed former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and Senator representing Kano North, Barau Jibrin as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively.
In the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Ben Kalu are also the preferred candidates for the office of the speaker and deputy speaker by the APC.
But former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, Osita Izunaso and Sen Sani Musa have united against the party’s choice.

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Senate President Calls For Closer Ties Between Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 9, 2019
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called for closer bilateral relationship between Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco.
A statement by his spokesperson indicate that Lawan made the call at separate meetings with the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Assem Hanafi Elseify and Moroccan Ambassador to Nigeria, Moha Ou Ali Tagma.
Lawan said Egypt and Nigeria are leading countries in Africa,nothing that the two countries have had a very long relationship.
The senate president said the parliamentary relationship between Egypt and Nigeria need to be improved, adding that there is need for cooperation in the parliaments of the two major African countries to be well grounded, established and sustained.
He said parliaments play important and significant roles in ensuring that peoples in different countries are able to come together because they represent the people.

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Senate President Congratulates Kogi, Bayelsa Governors-Elect - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2019
ThePresident of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the All ProgressivesCongress APC and its candidates on their victory in the governorship electionsin Kogi and Bayelsa.
Lawanin a congratulatory message signed by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser mediatoday in Abuja, particularly rejoiced with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on hisre-election.
Healso rejoiced with David Lyon for making history as the first governor Bayelsahas elected on a platform different from the outgoing ruling party in thestate.
TheSenate President praised President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring a levelplaying field that enabled the people to assert their sovereignty and choosetheir leaders.
Healso thanked the security personnel for their sacrifices for peace and order inthe face of great difficulties.
TheSenate President enjoined the winners to be magnanimous in victory byaccommodating all sections of the state in their governments and developmentagenda.

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Senate President Gives Update On Buhari’s Ministerial List - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 10, 2019
Senate president, Ahmed Lawan has said that the chamber may get the list of ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari before this week runs out.
Lawan, who was speaking at the plenary today, aftera Point of Order was raised by Albert Bassey Akpan said the Executive arm wasworking very hard on the ministerial list.
Akpan had, in his Point of Order raised under personal explanation, urged the president to send the names of his ministerial nominees soon as the senators would soon embark on their annual recess.
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But Lawan indicated that, based on discussions hehad with some top government officials, the list should be sent to the Senatebefore weekend.
The Senate President also said that senators were ready to wait and work on the ministerial nominees once their names are forwarded to the Senate.

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Senate President Lauds Buhari For Providing Funds To Address Security Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 17, 2022
Addressing State House correspondents in Abuja, Lawan particularly saluted President Muhammadu Buhari for putting in place necessary measures to secure the country.
Lawan, who had earlier witnessed the inauguration of the 2023 Emblem Appeal Launch by the president, emphasized that the Armed Forces had been able to achieve a lot because no administration had given them the kind of support they enjoyed under President Buhari.
The senate president also appealed to all citizens to support the Armed Forces.
Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to continue to support the nation’s Armed Forces to overcome the security challenges confronting Nigeria.
According to him, the legislature will also give its financial assistance to the families of fallen heroes and veterans.

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Senate President Lauds Buhari For Providing Funds To Address Security Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 17, 2022
Addressing State House correspondents in Abuja, Lawan particularly saluted President Muhammadu Buhari for putting in place necessary measures to secure the country.
Lawan, who had earlier witnessed the inauguration of the 2023 Emblem Appeal Launch by the president, emphasized that the Armed Forces had been able to achieve a lot because no administration had given them the kind of support they enjoyed under President Buhari.
The senate president also appealed to all citizens to support the Armed Forces.
Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to continue to support the nation’s Armed Forces to overcome the security challenges confronting Nigeria.
According to him, the legislature will also give its financial assistance to the families of fallen heroes and veterans.


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Senate President Meets Buhari, Says Nass To Engage Stakeholders On Amended Electoral Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 23, 2021
Lawan gave the hope while fielding questions from State House correspondents, after a closed-door meeting with the president in Abuja.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had on November 18, had similar meeting with President Buhari.
Gbajabiamila also expressed optimism that the amended Electoral Bill would soon be signed into law by the president.
According to him, the president has always supported direct primaries, adding that he has been a proponent from the very beginning.
The senate president, however, maintained that the National Assembly had done its job by transmitting the passed Bill to the president for him to sign into law.

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Senate Probes BPE, Alleges Unremitted $679.4m Rent On Ports’ Concession - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 6, 2022
The investigation is based on the Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses Issues in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for the Year Ended 31st December 2019.
The Acting Auditor-General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu, had presented the report to the Clerk to the National Assembly, Ojo Amos, on September 15, 2021, while the Senate and House Committees on Public Accounts launched an investigation into the queries.
The query by the office against the Bureau of Public Enterprises showed that 23 companies were granted concession at various ports under the NPA for 10 years and above, with an annual rent of $679.4m payable to the NPA as of December 31 of every year.

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Senate Probes GENCOs And DISCOs Over Unsteady Power Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 20, 2019
The Senate hasmandated its Committee on Power to investigate the activities of powergenerating and distribution companies to unravel the cause of unsteady powersupply in Nigeria. The investigating committee has four weeks within which tosubmit its report to the Senate for consideration.
The decision by theupper chamber to probe power generation, transmission and distribution in thecountry was reached sequel to a motion considered during plenary.
Chukwuka Utazi, whosponsored the motion, said Nigeria with a population of 200 million and anannual growth rate of 2.6 percent per annum, is the seventh most populousnation on earth.
According to Utazi,the power generating or installed capacity of Nigeria in relation to itspopulation and Gross Domestic Product cannot place the country to competefavourably in terms of development with other nations.
In her contribution,Oluremi Tinubu said the failure of the power sector was largely due to therefusal of the leadership of past governments to
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Senate Probes NNPCL’s Subsidy Regime - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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This followed the adoption of a motion by Patrick Chinwuba during plenary.
The motion was tagged “Need to Investigate the Controversial Huge Expenditure on Premium Motor Spirit PMS under the Subsidy/Under Recovery Regime by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited”.
Moving the motion, Chinwuba said that the Federal Government on May 11, 2016 announced increase in fuel pump price from 87 naira to between 135 naira and 145 naira per litre.
He said that the government’s interest in exiting the subsidy regime was in line with the policy of reducing cost of governance and the desire to eliminate corrupt practices surrounding the scheme.


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Senate Promises Enabling Environment To Improve Creativity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 11, 2021
Lawan spoke in Abuja, when he declared open the 8th Edition of Made-in-Aba Trade Fair, with the theme “Harnessing Business Opportunities Beyond Covid-19 Drawbacks.’’
Represented by Chairman Senate Committee on Industry, Lawan noted that indigenous manufacturing remained the foundation for industrial revolution critical in boosting the country’s economy.
According to him, this is essential considering the role it plays in boosting export and foreign reserves and in creating employment.
The senate president stressed that the exhibition was a splendid avenue to showcase the ingenuity of the people of the South-East, noting that more could be achieved with the right incentives.
Earlier the Director General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency SMEDAN, Dikko Radda, expressed the agency’s commitment to continue to support the growth of MSMEs.

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Senate Receives Constitution Review Report Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2022
The Chairman of the committee, Ovie Omo-Agege who made this known said Senate President Lawan would give further details on the matter today.
Omo-Agege, who is also the Deputy President of the Senate, made the announcement while presiding over plenary due to the absence of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
He added that the lawmakers would take the reports home on today and return on Tuesday, March 1, to vote on the amendments.
He said members of the committee would hold a final meeting to perfect the report ahead of the submission.
Omo-Agege explained that copies of the report of the Constitution Review Committee would be distributed to lawmakers today.
He, therefore, appealed to Senators to study the report ahead of its consideration and ensure they are present during plenary next Tuesday to avail themselves of the opportunity to vote on it.

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Senate Rejects Police Budget Over ‘Inaccurate’ Personnel Figure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2019
The Senate has said the documents supplied by theNigeria Police Force during the budget defence did not indicate that the forcehad an accurate figure of its personnel.
The revelation, according to the official twitterhandle of the red chamber, was made known by the Chairman, Senate Committee onPolice Affairs, Haliru Jika.
Jika spoke while presenting the report of hiscommittee to the Senate Committee on Appropriation.
He told the Chairman of the appropriation committee,Senator Barau Jibrin, that the confusion made his panel members to have ameeting with the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith.
He said the panel also held meetings with therepresentatives of the accountant general of the federation and the minister ofpolice affairs.
Smith, according to the report, was said to havetold the lawmakers that the Nigeria Police Force headquarters was in a betterplace to say the exact figures of its personnel.
The report added that the Minister of PoliceAffairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, told the Senate panel that the recruits were not onthe police payroll.

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Senate, Reps Return To Consider Revised 2020 Budget - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 27, 2020
The National Assembly will resume tomorrow Thursday from Sallah break to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s Appropriation Amendment Bill, 2020.
Both chambers had on May 20th, adjourned plenary to June 2nd for the Eid-el-Fitr festivities.
Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, in a statement in Abuja, said Senators and House of Representatives members are expected to resume tomorrow to consider the reviewed budget.
President of the  Ahmad Lawan had said the Senate would cut short its break to consider any urgent communication from President Muhammadu Buhari, especially on the revised 2020 budget.


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Senate Reviews Import Duty To Boost Local Industries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
The Senate onWednesday adopted a motion to review the import duty on the importation of soapnoodles to save the industry and the Nigerian economy.
This followed a motionby Barau Jibrin and four others, who drew the attention of their colleagues torecent downward review of the import duty from 35 per cent  to 10 per cent.
The senator recalledthat the Federal Government, in order to boost the local production of soap noodlesincreased its import duty.
Barau said theincrease made it unprofitable for the manufacturers of soaps to import soap noodlesfrom overseas.
This, he said made themanufacturers to resort to making huge investment in setting up manufacturinglines to produce soap noodles in Nigeria to the tune of about N450 billion .
He said the measurealso resulted in the creation of 250,000 jobs in the country.


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Senate Screens More Nominees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2019
The Nigerian Senate has screened more ministerialnominees out of the 43 sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday and moreare being screened today Thursday.
Among the them were three former senators and aserving member of the House of Representatives.
Those screened included George Akume, GodswillAkpabio, Olurunimbe Mamora, and Emeka Nwajuiba.
Also screened were Uchechukwu Ogah, Sharon Ikeazor,Adamu Adamu, Ogbonaya Onu, Olamilekan Adegbite, and Rotimi Amaechi.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who presidedover the exercise, described the performance of all the nominees who appeared beforethe Senate as impressive.
He also announced that the exercise would continuetoday and listed those to be screened to include Tayo Alasoadura, MustaphaShehuri who are already screened. Others are Bashir Magashi, Niyi Adebayo andTimipre Slyva.
Also to be screened today are Ramatu Tijjani,Mohammed Abdullahi, and Sunday Dare.


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Senate Seat: Ekweremadu Wins 5th Term - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
The People’s Democratic Partycandidate and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has been declared winnerof Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in SaturdayPresidential/National Assembly elections.
Ekweremadu polled 86,088 votes todefeat his closest rival, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All ProgressivesCongress APC who scored 15,187 votes.
The Returning Officer Douglas Nwagboof the University of Nigeria, Nsukka announced the results in Awgu. Thevictory, Ekweremadu holds the senatorial mandate for the 5th time.
Reacting to the development, thedeputy senate president said he was humbled by the result because it was the firsttime a senator would be voted the fifth time in Nigeria.
He applauded the Independent NationalElectoral Commission for the smooth and peaceful conduct of the elections.

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Senate Seat: Saraki Loses As APC Clears Polls In Kwara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has lost his bid forreelection into the Senate from Kwara Central on the platform of the People’sDemocratic Party, PDP.
Saraki lost to Yahaya Oloriegbe of the All ProgressivesCongress APC in Saturday’s Senatorial election.
Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat theSenate President who scored 68,994 votes in the four local governments of KwaraCentral Senatorial District.
The result of the election was announced by the SenatorialDistrict Returning Officer Olatunbosun Owoyomi from the University of Ilorin.
In Asa local government, Oloriegbe of the APC polled a totalof 15,932 votes to defeat Saraki that scored 11,252 votes.
The APC’s candidates won the House of Representatives seatsin Asa/Ilorin West and Ilorin South/Ilorin East Federal Constituencies
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Senate Seeks Military Base In Sambisa Borders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 26, 2020
The Senate is seeking the re-establishment of amilitary base at the Sambisa forest borders.
This resolution was the unanimously adoptedfollowing the debate on last weekend’s Boko Haram attack on Adamawa State townGarkida. Churches, public institutions and houses were razed while some peoplewere killed by the insurgents.
The motion was moved by Aishatu Ahmed, who saidthree soldiers died while trying to repel the terrorists.
The Army announced the death of one soldier andinjury to another.
The lawmakers urged the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA to urgently assess the extent of damage and provide relief materials immediately to the Garkida community affected.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the Senate wouldnot rest until the security challenges in the country were  surmounted.
He said that the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Security Architecture would next week submit its report for deliberations.

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Senate Seeks Special Intervention Funds To Maintain Transmission Lines. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2024
This follows the recent incidents of vandalization along the Jos-Gombe 330KV transmission line which has resulted in severe disruptions to power supply affecting seven states in the North-East zone.
The resolution resulted from a motion sponsored by Senator Manu Haruna, representing Taraba Central.
On the urgent need to address the vandalization of transmission lines of the Transmission Company of Nigeria in the zone.
The Senate again urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency allocate funds to the TCN to address the faults along the Jos-Gombe 330KV transmission line and restore power supply to affected areas to ameliorate the suffering of residents.
The lawmakers further resolved that the Ministry of Power collaborate with security agencies and local vigilantes in host communities of TCN transmission lines to deter and prevent acts of vandalism.


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Senate Summons Dare, Pinnick Over Vandalisation Of Mko Abiola Stadium - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 7, 2022
Irate football fans had vandalised facilities at the MKO Abiola National Stadium on March 29 following Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with Ghana in a World Cup qualifier, which effectively ended Nigeria’s bid to qualify for the global football fiesta scheduled to start in November 2022 in Qatar.
The Upper Legislative Chamber arrived at the resolutions after a Point of Order raised by Michael Nnachi during plenary.
The Senate also mandated its Committee on Sports and Youth Development to investigate the remote and immediate cause of Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the World Cup in spite of the huge fund by government, individuals and corporate bodies.
While raising the point of order, Nnachi noted with sadness the vandalisation of facilities at the stadium by irate football fans.


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Senate Summons Minister Of Finance Over N206bn - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 22, 2022
The Senate Committee on Special Duties has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.
The summon is over the insertion of 206 billion naira inserted into the 2023 budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
Chairman of the committee Sen. Yusuf Yusuf, made the summon when Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq, appeared before the committee for defence of the ministry’s 2023 budget.
A member of the committee Sen. Ishaku Abbo had asked Farouq about 206 billion naira in the budget that the minister intended to borrow.

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Senate Suspends Plenary For Consideration Of 2022 Budget - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
The upper chamber took the decision after the general principles of the budget proposal had been discussed by senators before passing for second reading.
The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, moved the motion for the suspension of plenary to enable the heads of ministries; departments and agencies MDAs appear before the relevant committees of the upper chamber to defend their 2022 budget estimates.
The motion was seconded by Senate Minority, Enyinnaya Abaribe, after which the Senate rose for the day.

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Senate To Ban Importation, Use Of Generators - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 12, 2020
The Senate has proposed a bill tocriminalise the importation, purchase and use of power generating sets inNigeria.
The bill which was sponsored bySenator Bima Muhammad Enagi, is tagged: “A bill for an act to prohibit/ban theimportation/use of generating sets to curb the menace of environmental pollutionand facilitate the development of the power sector.
It stated that anyone that importsgenerators shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to10 years imprisonment. It, however, creates exemptions for some criticalsectors and institutions of the country that require 24-hour power supply.
The ban and prohibition ofgenerating sets shall not include generating sets used for essential services,which include medical purposes, hospitals and nursing homes and healthcarefacilities, airports, railway stations and services, elevators, escalators,research institutions, and such facilities that require 24 hours electric powersupply.
The bill prescribes that an approvalfor exclusion shall be obtained from the minister in charge of power, whichshall brief the Federal Executive Council quarterly on approvals granted.


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Senate To FG: Build More Almajiri Schools To Reduce Street Begging - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2020
TheSenate has urged the Federal Government to upgrade the existing almajiri modelschools and build more to increase the number of schools enrolment, therebyreducing the number of out-of-school children on the streets.
TheSenate mandated its Committee on Basic and Secondary Education to recommendmeans of collaborating with state governments on how to get the 14 millionout-of-school children enrolled in Basic and Secondary Education Programme.
Italso called on the National Orientation Agency to initiate a sensitisationprogramme specifically on the issue of the almajiri and its negative impacts onchildren in the society especially in the northern part of Nigeria.
Theresolutions were sequel to a motion sponsored by Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero.


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Senate To Investigate Rivers Pipeline Explosion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 4, 2019
The Senate has set up an investigating committee tolook into circumstances around the pipeline explosion that killed 15 people inKomkom community of Rivers state.
It would be recalled that the explosion, accordingto the presentation made by Sekibo George, Rivers East, who moved the motionalso wounded over 50 others.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, appointedIbrahim Gobi from Sokoto to head the committee.
Lawan tasked the committee to look into the remotecause of the incident which occurred in Oyigbo Local Government Area of thestate on June 22nd.


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Senate To Release New Strategies On Corruption Fight - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 20, 2019
Senate President AhmadLawan says the Senate would release new strategies on corruption fight to thepublic in the next few weeks. He announced this at the two-day National Summiton Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector in Abuja.
The event is organisedby the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission,ICPC in collaboration with the office of the Secretary to the Government of theFederation.
Lawan, said the Senatejust discovered that the anti-graft war was far from over, hence the need forthe action. He added that the Senate would continue to reach out to all thestakeholders in the fight against corruption.
In his address ofwelcome the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha saidthat the summit was organised for top government officials drawn from the threearms of government as part of new strategies against corruption. He said thatthe present administration has recorded some success in the area of fightagainst corruption.
On his part, ChiefJustice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammad Tanko, appealed to Nigerians to stopseeing corruption as a way of life but embraced modesty to erase any trace ofcorruption in the country.


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Senate To Strip Ministries Of Control Over Constituency Projects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 17, 2019
The Senate has introduced a new bill that seeks toconsign the management of constituency projects initiated by federal lawmakers.
The Bill when passed, would deny ministries,departments and agencies of the Federal government from having any input inawarding contracts for projects captured under the constituency fund.
The Bill seeks the setting up of a special fund madeup of 2.5 per cent of yearly budget to be dedicated to constituency projects.
It also stipulated that the fund when set up wouldbe managed by the Rural Development Department of the Federal Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
The MDAs also award the contracts and determine theexecution of the projects.
In a bid to forestall the repeat of the developmentin future, a former Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has sponsored the“Constituency Development Fund Bill, 2019”, which scaled first reading on thefloor of the red chamber, on Tuesday.

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Senate To Support $10bn NLNG Investment In Gas Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2019
The Senate is throwing its full weight behind the 10billion dollars Train seven Project investment in the nation’s gas sector, bythe Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas NLNG.
It also urged Nigerians to actively participate inthe project which would create 10,000 new jobs and expand gas productioncapacity by 35 per cent.
Senate commendation followed a presentation by theManaging Director of NLNG Tony Attah, to the Senate Commitee on Local Content.
Chairman of the Committee, Teslim Folarin affirmedsenate’s commitment towards ensuring that Nigerians are active participants inthe gas sector.
Folarin in a statement by his Senior Legislative AidBamidela Ajibola on Friday said the committee was delighted at the expansion ofthe nation’s gas capacity from 22MTPA to 30MTPA through the train7 project.
He said the project would be constructed by the SCDconsortium, comprising of Saipem, Chiyoda and Daewoo.

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Senate To Visit Borno Over Killing Of Residents - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 31, 2019
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the Senate will soon pay a visit to the Badu village in Borno where the Boko Haram insurgents killed more than 60 residents.
Lawan said this on Tuesday at the plenary followinga motion by Abubakar Kyari, over the recent attacks.
The incident occurred on July 27, atBadu village in Nganzai Local Government Area of the state, when the victimswere coming from a funeral.
Kyari, in his motion, urged the Senate to come to the rescue of the surviving victims and condemn the attack in its entirety.
Read This; Obasanjo Writes Buhari, Says Killings Can No Longer Be Treated With Nonchalance
He also called on his colleagues to observe a minutesilence for the victims, urging the security agencies to brace up to protectthe residents in the North East region.
Meanwhile, the Senate president did not mention theactual date when the visit will take place.


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Senate Urges Completion Of Wudil-Gaya-Dutse Dual Carriageway - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 8, 2024
This followed the adoption of a motion on Urgent Need to Expedite Completion of Wudil-Gaya-Duste Dual Carriageway on Kano Maiduguri Road by Kawu Suleiman at the plenary.
Presenting the motion, Suleiman said the expressway was a critical artery for transporting people and agricultural goods in the northern corridor.
He said contract for the construction of the road was awarded by the Federal Government 17 years ago, by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He said that successive administrations had failed to complete the road.
He said as an international route linking Nigeria to Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, the Kano-Maiduguri Road facilitated cross-border trade.


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Senate Wants FG To Invest In Fire Safety Equipment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2019
The Senate has urged the Federal Government toinvest more in fire safety equipment in all major markets across the country,to reduce the effect of fire incidents on lives and property of citizens.
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah said this while speaking tonewsmen after plenary, following a motion he sponsored on the “Tragic FuelTanker Fire disaster in Onitsha, Anambra State” at the National Assembly, inAbuja.
According to him, this motion is necessitated by theinferno that engulfed Onitsha Market on October 16th, 2019 claiming lives andproperty
Ubah attributed most of the tanker fire relatedincidents to substandard materials used in the manufacturing of tankers, andcalled for safety regulatory checks to mitigate repeat of such incidences.
According to him, the proposed bill has beenthoroughly investigated and the result is a workable bill that will ensure anagency of government is assigned to monitor the activities of tankers.
The bill will make certain that all tankers meet requiredregulations and standards before loading at the depot and as they move from onestate to another.


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Senate Wants MDCN To Blacklist Substandard Foreign Medical Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 7, 2021
Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, made the call in Abuja at an interactive session with executive members of MDCN.
Oloriegbe said that the interactive session with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria was occasioned by complaints of subjection of Nigerian foreign medical graduates to six months mandatory internship programme before being certified to practise in Nigeria.
He said that the meeting was also aimed at reviewing the outcome of the 2021 foreign medical and dental licensing examination, held in Sokoto.
The lawmaker said that it was also targeted at presenting updates on issues relating to implementation of housemanship and licensing of foreign medical professionals by MDCN.
Although Oloriegbe frowned at admitting quacks into the nation’s medical practice, he, however, noted that efforts must be made to ensure that foreign institutions, where Nigerian medical students graduated, met MDCN’s requirements.

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Senate Wants MDCN To Blacklist Substandard Foreign Medical Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 7, 2021
Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, made the call in Abuja at an interactive session with executive members of MDCN.
Oloriegbe said that the interactive session with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria was occasioned by complaints of subjection of Nigerian foreign medical graduates to six months mandatory internship programme before being certified to practise in Nigeria.
He said that the meeting was also aimed at reviewing the outcome of the 2021 foreign medical and dental licensing examination, held in Sokoto.
The lawmaker said that it was also targeted at presenting updates on issues relating to implementation of housemanship and licensing of foreign medical professionals by MDCN.
Although Oloriegbe frowned at admitting quacks into the nation’s medical practice, he, however, noted that efforts must be made to ensure that foreign institutions, where Nigerian medical students graduated, met MDCN’s requirements.


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Senator Abbo's Alleged Assault Must Be Investigated - IGP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
The Inspector Generalof Police, mohammed Adamu, has ordered a comprehensive investigation intothe circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on a female Nigerian bySenator Abbo Elisha. Specifically, the IGP directed the Commissioner of Policein charge of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Bala Ciroma toprovide a personal and round-the-clock supervision of every facet of theinvestigation, including the Forensic analysis of the video currently incirculation as well as the actions/inactions of the Policeman seen in the videofootage.
The IGP, whileassuring citizens of utmost professionalism by the Police in the handling ofthe matter, promised that the Force will ensure that justice is manifestly donein this case irrespective of whose ox is gored.
Meanwhile, theCommissioner of Police, FCT, Bala Ciroma has already established contact withthe victim of the assault and has commenced investigation in earnest into thecase.
The IGP thankedNigerians for their massive show of empathy and concern for the rights of theirfellow citizen and urged continuous citizens’ engagement in the tackling of thewider challenges of security in our country.


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Senator Ahmed Lawan being sworn in as the Senate President of the 9th Assembly. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Senegal: Court Sentences Opposition MP Over Banned Protest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 28, 2022
Members of Parliament Dethie Fall and Mame Diarra Fame were tried
along with the 82 other defendants at the court in the capital Dakar.
They were arrested on June 17 during a rally called by the opposition
after its list of candidates for the elections was disqualified on technical
grounds. The rally had been banned by the authorities, citing the risk of
unrest.
Clashes broke out in Dakar and the southern region of Casamance after
youths defied the ban.
Three people died and some 200 were arrested, according to the
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Senegal: Customs Seize $5m Worth Of Ammunition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
Senegal’s customs agency said it had searched a ship named the Eolika
when it stopped to refuel, after it had made inconsistent declarations.
The customs agency did not mention when the operation occurred, but
said the crew members were Ukrainian and are currently being
questioned.
The ship’s final destination is also unknown. However, specialised
website Vesselfinder showed that the vessel had stopped in northern
Italy and Spain’s Canary Islands en route to Dakar.
Drugs are periodically found on vessels anchoring in the port of Dakar,
an important trading hub on the Atlantic Ocean. However, arms hauls
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Senegal Elections: Sall Poised To Win Re-Election As Polls Open - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2019
Polls have opened in Senegal’s presidential election, the firstsince a 2016 referendum approved a cut in presidential mandates from seven tofive years.
At least 6.5 million Senegalese registered to take part in thepoll, which will be open from 08:00 o’clock in the morning to 6pm in theevening on Sunday.
The electoral commission has set up about 15,000 voting stationsacross the West African country of 15 million people.
President Macky Sall, who is seeking a second and final term inoffice, became the frontrunner after two of Senegal’s most well-knownopposition leaders were barred from running in the election.
The former mayor of the capital, Khalifa Sall, who is notrelated to the president, is serving a five-year jail term on corruptioncharges, while Karim Wade, son of the country’s former leader Abdoulaye Wade,has gone into exile in Qatar after serving half of a six-year jail term forcorruption.

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Senegal: Grand Magal Pilgrimage Holds Despite Covid-19 Pandemic - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 6, 2020
The event raises concerns in light of the Covid-19 pandemic as previous years have seen as many as 3 million people journey to Touba for the religious gathering -with many coming from neighbouring Gambia.
Although large crowds already began swelling in the streets by Sunday afternoon, far fewer pilgrims are expected for the main celebration on Tuesday as Senegal’s land borders are still closed.

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Senegal, Liberia Presidential Polls Deepened Ecowas Democracy Campaign – Tinubu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2024
Tinubu, who is ECOWAS Chairman, congratulated Bassirou Faye on his election as Senegal’s President and the incumbent President Macky Sall for overseeing an election widely deemed as peaceful and transparent.
Faye emerged as Senegal’s President-elect after an unprecedented victory at the presidential election on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
Tinubu affirmed that the successful conduct of the Senegal election was a boost to the sub-regional organisation in its efforts to promote peace and constitutional order, as well as strengthen ties among member states.


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Senegal: President Faye Takes Over, Reels Out ‘Radical’ Plans. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 4, 2024
The 44-year-old has never before held an elected office but several African leaders attended the ceremony in a new town near the capital Dakar.
President Faye swear to faithfully fulfill his promise to the people of the Senegal before officials.
He also vowed to “scrupulously observe the provisions of the Constitution and the laws” and to defend “the integrity of the territory and national independence, and to spare no effort to achieve African unity”.
The formal handover of power with outgoing President Macky Sall will take place at the presidential palace in Dakar.


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Senegal: President Macky Sall Wins Re-Election With 58% - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 28, 2019
Senegal’spresident Macky Sall has won his re-election bid garnering 58% of the votescast, according to provisional results from the National Vote CountingCommission on Thursday.
Themajority win hands Sall a second term without a run-off vote.Oppositioncandidate Idrissa Seck came second with 21 percent of votes, while Ousmane Sonkoplaced third with 16 percent.
Sall,whom rights groups have criticized for squeezing out rivals, was tipped to winafter a modernising first term that propelled Senegal’s economic growth to morethan six percent – one of the highest in Africa.
SinceSunday’s vote, opposition candidates have rejected reports of an out-rightvictory for Sall, saying their tallies point to a second round of voting.
Seck and Sonko have not yet commented on the National Vote Counting Commission’s results, which are preliminary until validated by the constitutional council.

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Senegal Presidential Election: Opposition Plans Mass Protests Over Court Ruling. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2023
On Monday an appeals court increased Sonko’s suspended prison sentence from two to six months for defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niangtou.
He’s also facing trial later this month for alleged rape and death threats over a complaint filed by an employee at a beauty salon. He says the accusations are politically motivated, while the government denies this.
In 2021, the rape charge against him provoked riots against the current president Macky Sall, in which at least 12 people died.


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Senior Advocates Of Nigeria: CJN To Swear-In 38 On Monday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
The Chief Justice ofNigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will on Monday, September 23,2019, swear in 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the main courtroom of theSupreme Court.
The swearing-inceremony is one of the several programmes lined up to herald the 2019/2020legal year of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
As customary, duringsuch programmes, the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria will deliver astate-of-the Judiciary address which is ostensible to highlight the performanceof the Supreme Court, and by extension, the Nigerian Judiciary in the outgoing2018/2019 legal year.
It will be recalledthat out of the 117 legal practitioners that applied for the Rank of SeniorAdvocate of Nigeria in 2019, 38 were successful at the end of the rigorousexercise. Out of this number, three are academics while 35 are advocates.
The Supreme Courtcommenced its annual vacation after a remarkably successful 2018/2019 legalyear on Monday 29 July 2019.

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Sensational Reporting: Emir Of Kano Cautions Journalists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 21, 2019
The Emir of Kano,Muhammadu Sanusi has cautioned journalists, especially those in the printmedia, against sensationalising reports just to make sales.
The emir gave theadvice when members of the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union ofJournalists NUJ, Kano chapter, paid him a courtesy visit.
He remindedjournalists that they were also Nigerians facing the same social and economicproblems in the country, urging them to be concerned on how to resolve them.
He, however, praisedtheir commitment to news reporting and called on them to continue along thatpath.
He urged newsmen tocorrect that attitude in the interest of the public and the development of thecountry.


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Sensitisation Workshop: UNICEF Seeks Free Education, Special Treatment For Girl-Child - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 15, 2019
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF has called on government at all levels to provide free education and special treatment for the girl-child in the country.
The UNICEF Education Officer, Katsina office, Saka Adebayo-Ibrahim made the call at a sensitisation workshop organised for one hundred youths in Kano.
According to Adebayo-Ibrahim, the girl-child needs special treatment not only in schools, but anywhere they found themselves.
He said if government provides most of the essential needs of female students, it would increase enrolment and retention of the girl-child in primary and secondary schools.
On the workshop, he said it was aimed at mobilising the youths to know their rights on government, especially in the area of providing them with free primary and secondary education and providing qualified teachers, especially in the rural areas.
He said the aim of the workshop was also to guide the youths on ways to approach political office holders on the need to fulfill their campaign promises.


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Separatists Attacks: Cameroon Military Search For Kidnapped Students - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 16, 2020
The Cameroon military has launched a search for some boys kidnapped on Sunday by suspected separatists in the country’s South-West region.
A Senior Officer in charge of the area said armed men invaded the locality of Mmouck Leteh in Lebialem division and take away over 60 boys, most of them aged between 12 and 16 years. He added that about 12 of the boys had managed to escape and back in the village where they were kidnapped. Lebialem has become a hotspot for separatist activity.
The officer noted that a separatist commander, commonly referred to as General Ayeke, had claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, demanding a ransom of 2,500 dollars.
Local officials say that many of the separatists have escaped military raids in North-West region, finding a safe haven in Lebialem where the ground makes it difficult for the military to operate.
Government forces have been fighting separatists in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions for the past four years now.
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SERAP Seeks Audit Of Buhari’s Loans, Review Of Ex-Governors’ Pensions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2020
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has called on the Federal Government to make available details of the loans acquired since May 29th, 2015, including details and locations of the projects the funds were deployed.
The group in a Freedom of Information, FoI request also implored the President Muhammadu Buhari to use his position to set up an independent audit of all loans to resolve any accusations of mismanagement and corruption.
It would be recalled that last week President Buhari had required the approval of the National Assembly for a fresh loan of 5.513 billion dollars credit to fund the 2020 budget deficit, critical projects and support some states.
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Serap Sues President Over Failure To Probe Missing $2.1b, N3.1tr Subsidy Payments - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2023
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, filed the law suit following the allegations documented by the Auditor-General of the Federation in the 2016 and 2019 annual reports that the public funds were missing.
The suit was filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare, Adelanke Aremo, Valentina Adegoke, and Ayomide Johnson at the Federal High Court, Lagos.
SERAP is also seeking, among others, “an order of mandamus to compel President Tinubu to direct the anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe fuel subsidy payments made by governments since the return of democracy in 1999, name and shame and prosecute suspected perpetrators and recover any proceeds of crimes”.
It is also praying for an order of mandamus to direct and compel Tinubu to use recovered proceeds of crime as palliatives to address the impact of the subsidy removal on poor citizens and to put in place mechanisms for transparency and accountability in the oil sector. No date has been fixed yet for hearing of the case.


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SERAP Urges FG To Backpedal On Shutting Broadcast Stations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2023
In a letter signed by deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP said the threat, if not immediately withdrawn, would limit freedom of expression and ability of broadcast stations to cover important issues around the 2023 general elections.
According to the organisation, the warning is clearly incompatible with Nigeria’s constitutional and international human rights obligations.
It will be recalled that NBC had, last week, threatened to revoke the licences of broadcast stations and shut them down if they continue to allow unpatriotic individuals on their platforms to make utterances that are subversive, hateful, inciting in the post-2023 presidential election.


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SERAP Urges NASS To Uphold Press Freedom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 31, 2019
The Socio Economic Rights and AccountabilityProject, SERAP has told the National Assembly NASS to take steps to upholdpress freedom by repealing obnoxious sections of the Cybercrime Act, 2015.
SERAP said that Sections 24 and 25 of the Actviolated all international and regional treaties on human rights to whichNigeria is a party as well as the provisions of Sections 1 and 39 of the 1999Nigerian Constitution.
The rights group made the call today while presenting a 76-pages report on press freedom.
Presenting the report, a veteran journalist, RichardAkinnola, said that Section 22 of the 1999 Constitution as amended gave themass media the obligation to hold government at all levels accountable.
Akinnola added that Section 39 of the same constitution granted the freedom of expression to all Nigerians, noting that this was however, being hindered by obnoxious laws by government. He said that in the past 15 years, press freedom in Nigeria had been on a downward spiral as journalists and media houses had been facing severe attacks by both the federal, State Governments and public office.

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SERAP Writes World Bank, Demands Suspension Of Buhari’S $800m Loan Request. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
The Nigerian leader had in the letter stated that the loan, when approved by the Senate, would be used to alleviate the negative impacts of petrol subsidy removal, which his government has refused to remove but left alone for the next administration.
Buhari claimed the loan facility was intended to be used to support poor Nigerians, and would be disbursed to poor households as unconditional cash transfer across the country.
However, SERAP, in a letter signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, to the World Bank president, David Malpass, urged the bank to seek clarification from the incoming administration on the use of the loan, as Buhari’s term ends in May 2023.


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Serap Writes World Bank, Demands Suspension Of Buhari’s $800m Loan Request - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
The Nigerian leader had in the letter stated that the loan, when approved by the Senate, would be used to alleviate the negative impacts of petrol subsidy removal, which his government has refused to remove but left alone for the next administration.
Buhari claimed the loan facility was intended to be used to support poor Nigerians, and would be disbursed to poor households as unconditional cash transfer across the country.
However, SERAP, in a letter signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, to the World Bank  president,  David   Malpass,  urged   the   bank   to   seek   clarification   from   the   incoming administration on the use of the loan, as Buhari’s term ends in May 2023.


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Serie A: AC Milan Sack Maldini As Technical Director. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2023
The 54-year-old Maldini was a long time captain of Milan as a player and is a fan favourite, so the move immediately drew protests from the club’s supporters.
Maldini and Cardinale reportedly diverged over how to handle the club’s approach to the transfer market, with Maldini having said the team needed a deeper roster to compete in the Champions League after being beaten by city rivals Inter Milan in the semi-finals of this season’s top European competition.
Milan also failed to defend the Serie A title they won in 2021 to 22, finishing fourth in the recently concluded season, 20 points behind champions Napoli.
Maldini had been Milan’s technical director since 2019 and was largely credited with putting together the young squad that won Serie A last year.


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Serie A: Osimhen Smashes Weah’s Record, Now Highest-Scoring African. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2023
The Nigerian achieved the feat after scoring from the spot in
Napoli’s 1-0 victory over Fiorentina in Sunday’s Serie A fixture.
The goal, which is his 23rd this season, is his 47th Serie A goal
making him the highest African goalscorer in the Italian top-
flight, edging out Weah who scored 46 goals.
Osimhen missed a penalty in the 48th minute before finally
beating Fiorentina goalkeeper at the second time of asking in the
74th minute.
He has also extended his record for the Most Goals Scored by an
African Player in a Single Serie A Season which he achieved
after netting a scudetto-sealing equalizer for the Azzurri in their
1-1 draw against Udinese on Thursday which helped Napoli
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Server: Commission Only Used Electronic Transmission For 2019 Polls Results As Pilot Scheme - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 1, 2019
The IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed the electronic transmissionof this year’s presidential election results, as a pilot scheme not yet backedby law.
INEC’s NationalCommissioner in charge of Kogi, Kwara and Nasarawa states, Mohammed Haruna, whorepresented the INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, announced this in Abuja at thepublic presentation of the YIAGA Africa Watching The Vote “WTV” GeneralElections Observation Report of the 2019 elections.
Haruna said: “The keyword is pilot. We were piloting and you have to take that into consideration.In fact, it is not a done deal. We were testing to see whether eventually wewould use electronic transmission.
Speaking earlier while responding to a question, YIAGA Africa Programs Manager and WTV Project Director, Cynthia Mbamalu, said the organisation designed its checklist using INEC’s guidelines.  She said the group observed that in Osun and Ekiti states, INEC piloted the electronics collation and transmission of results using the smart card reader and it succeeded.

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Service: Batch B Stream 2 NYSC Orientation Course Begins August 20th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 10, 2019
The National Youth Service Corpssays the 2019 Batch-B Stream-two orientation course for members beginsnationwide on August 20.
The management of the scheme saidthat the members deployed to Katsina State have also been scheduled to reporton Tuesday, 20 August at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, MDYusuf Complex, Mani Road, Katsina.
The programme which commences onAugust 20 will lasts till Monday, 9 September.
NYSC Spokesman for Katsina StateAlex Obemeata in a statement said registration of prospective Corps Memberscommences on Tuesday 20th August, and will last two-days.
The statement warned that therewould be no further registration after the cut-off date of midnight Wednesday,21 August.>


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Service Chiefs’ Appointments Must Reflect Federal Character — Senate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 4, 2020
A bill for the establishment of Armed Forces ServiceCommission passed first reading at the Senate.
The bill was sponsored by Senate Minority LeaderEnyinnaya Abaribe.
A copy of the proposed legislation showed that thecommission shall have the power and authority to ensure that thecomposition/appointment of service chiefs of the Armed Forces reflects federalcharacter principle.
It states that the Commission shall ensure that thefunctions specified in section 217 of the 1999 Constitution; and the powersexercisable by the President in the appointment of Service Chiefs and OfficersCorps and other Ranks of the Armed Forces of the Federation in section 218 ofthe 1999 constitution reflects Federal Character of Nigeria.
It also said that the Commission will also recommendto the President the removal from office as Service Chiefs and Head of otherArm-bearing Security Agencies on ground of misconduct, abuse of office, breachof any section of the Constitution, the Armed Forces Act or any other Act ofthe National Assembly. Related


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Service Chiefs Meet Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 4, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with thesecurity chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking after the closed door meeting, the Chief ofAir Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique, said the meeting was all about thesecurity of Nigerians and Nigeria.
According to him, the security forces will continue to work harder to ensure that every Nigerian is secure and the territorial integrity of Nigeria is not undermined by anybody.
Other service chiefs at the meeting included Chiefof Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. TukurBuratai and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas
The National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen.Babagana Monguno, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, AhmedAbubakar, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the Director Generalof Department for State Service, Yusuf Bichi were also at the meeting.


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Service Delivery: Buhari Charges Ministers To Redouble Efforts, Promote Performance In MDAS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 13, 2021
Buhari, who gave the directive at the end of the two-day Mid-term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, also instructed the ministers to ‘‘ramp up implementation’’ of their mandates along the nine priority areas of the administration. He also emphasised the need for cooperation between the fiscal and monetary authorities to keep the economy on the course of growth.
The President however noted that intensive discussions at the retreat provided an opportunity to reflect on what this administration had done and areas needed to improve on and refocus attention.
Buhari also directed the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to immediately begin the process of convening quarterly coordination meetings for each priority area based on the collaborative results framework.
According to him, the objective of the meetings is to ascertain status of implementation across the nine priority areas, identify bottlenecks, and proffer immediate solutions.

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Service Delivery: Buhari Receives NIPSS Report On Universal Healthcare, Pledges Action - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 22, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari haspledged that his administration would ensure that Nigerians have access toaffordable, efficient and equitable healthcare services without the risk ofimpoverishment.
He made the pledge when he receivedthe report on ‘‘Funding Universal Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria’’ by theSenior Executive Course 41 of the National Institute for Policy and StrategicStudies, NIPSS Kuru in Jos.
The President directed relevantagencies of government to review the submission and ensure its integration intoongoing policies and programmes.
Buhari recalled that in late 2018,he approved the study theme for the 2019 Senior Executive Course because of hisdesire to address the challenges in the country’s health delivery system andimprove the well being of citizens. He added that “Nigeria is signatory to UNSustainable Development Goals and committed to achieving Universal HealthCoverage, UHC aspirations by 2030.
Earlier, the Director-General ofNIPSS, Habu Galadima said in exploring the theme,  the participants,engaged in series of lectures and seminars, brainstorming sessions, as well asstudy tours, both domestic and international, with a view to obtaining clearperspectives on funding universal healthcare delivery in Nigeria.

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Service Delivery: FG Trains 25,000 Civil Servants By 2020 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 17, 2019
that 25,000 civil servant have been targeted for training in the redesigned Structured Mandatory Assessment-Based Training Programme SMAT-P by 2020.
Oyo-Ita said this in a meeting with Executive Officers of Manpower Development Institutions in Abuja.
She explained that the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation conducted a Training Needs Assessment survey of employees service-wide to facilitate the development and delivery of targeted and impactful training programmes.
She said that all federal civil servants on Grade Levels seven to seventeen were requested to complete the survey, adding that 1,076 employees participated in the survey.
According to her, in the federal civil service strategy plan there are eight priority areas that the officer is expected to concentrate on for improved productivity and efficiency.

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Service Delivery: KDSG Re-Iterates Commitment To Offer Qualitative Education - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 10, 2020
The Kaduna State Government has re-iterated its commitmentto improve the quality of service delivery in the education sector.
The Commissioner for Education, Shehu Makarfi made this known at the opening of a meeting with zonal education directors and their deputies in Kaduna. He said the meeting is to review strategies adopted by the education ministry in improving access to inclusive and quality education in the State.
Makarfi explained that the meeting would identifychallenges, strengths and opportunities in delivering educational servicesthrough the zonal offices.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry,Phoebe Yayi described the zonal offices as crucial in the delivery of educationservices. She added that the meeting was aimed at re-invigorating the zonaloffices to discharge their duties efficiently and effectively.
On her part, the Head of Service, Bariatu Mohammed, alsonoted that the meeting would spur the zonal officials to discharge their dutiesin line with the current administration’s Public Service Revitalisation andRenewal Programme.

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Service Delivery: Lack Of Inter-Ministerial Coordination Causing Slow Delivery – FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 10, 2020
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on Tuesday, during the Day-Two session of the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Top Government Functionaries, at the State House Conference Centre.
The SGF, who spoke of his reflections on ministerial performances, also noted that ministers had reported that most of government’s plans had been negatively impacted by the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic as the execution of many projects had either slowed down or stalled all together.
Mustapha further noted that ministers repeatedly highlighted failure to release funds timely for the execution of projects, which he attributed to low revenue generation.

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Service Delivery: Nigeria Army Begins E-Records Keeping, Says Old Method Obsolete, Embarrassing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
May 15, 2019
The Nigeria Army has said it was embracing e-records keeping to boost service delivery because the old records keeping methods had become obsolete and embarrassing.
Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters, Major General Kuta-Adamu Isyaku, who said this at a conference on Army records in Lokoja, added that the Army was embracing technology to digitize its personnel records to ease administrative actions.
The conference held at the Chari Maigumeri Barracks had the theme: “Data and Information Management in the 21st Century: A Panacea for Administration in the Nigeria Army”.
According to Isyaku, the Nigeria Army has continued to be confronted with the challenges of traditional methods of record keeping and management that were obsolete and embarrassing.
He stressed that the theme for the conference was very apt, saying that the department of administration would continue to support the Command Army Record’s efforts and the commitment of the Chief of Army Staff, to ventures that would make the Army better.


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Service Delivery: World Bank Pledges To Assist Nigeria With Revenue Generation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 30, 2019
The World Bank has pledged to assistNigeria to increase its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR to address povertyand service delivery by government.
World Bank Country Director in Nigeria,Shubham Chaudhuri made the pledged at the opening of a Peer Learning Eventorganised by the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF in Abuja.
Chaudhuri said one of the thingsthat surprised him when he assumed office in Nigeria was the country’s lowlevel of revenue to Gross Domestic Product, (GDP put at eight per cent.
According to him, this is smallcompared with the number obtainable in South and East Asia.
The Country Director said that thefall in the prices of oil revenue as witnessed within the last three years leftNigeria vulnerable to global oil prices. He, however, noted that the bank hadbeen trying to help the government of Nigeria to raise the level of domesticmobilisation.
Also in his remarks, the Head ofDepartment for International Development Nigeria, Christopher Pycroft said thatimproving domestic revenue had become imperative, not just for the Federal butalso the state governments.

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Service Of Songs: Family, Friends, Associates Eulogize Sam Nda Isiah - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
December 29, 2020
Nda-Isaiah’s immediate younger brother, Joseph,who described him as a blessing, stated that the deceased lived a life of loving deeds and impacted on the lives of all he came across.
Joseph Nda-Isaiah said he felt blessed to have had Sam as a brother, noting that his legacies would live on in his children.
According to him, “We knew a day like this would come, but we did not know it would come this early. My brother loved us (siblings) and our mother dearly. I feared how my mother would survive. She trusted him so much that she knew that everything she asked from him would be given to her.

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Setback: Buratai Debunks Statement On Troops Non Commitment To Fight Boko Haram - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 25, 2019
The Chief of Army Staff, LieutenantGeneral Tukur Buratai has debunked statement attributed to him that troops werenot committed to fighting Boko Haram.
Buratai debunked the statement ata Joint news conference by the Army and the Borno Governor Babagana Zulum,at the Government House, Maiduguri.
The Army Boss said most of the reportwas exaggerated by the media, describing it as mere propaganda.
He said that the Journalists believedmore on the figure being given through hearsay, warning that the press must becareful when reporting issues of national security.
Burati explained that military operationactivities, or even personnel are all classified and are not for publicconsumption unless if they are absolutely necessary to gain confidence as wellas to promote their own collective efforts in securing the country.


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Seven Killed, Many Missing As Boko Haram Ambushes Military, Convoy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
June 28, 2020
At least 9 Nigerian soldiers were reported dead on Saturday as suspected Boko Haram insurgents ambushed a military van escorting travellers from Maiduguri to Damboa town, witnesses and security sources say.
The incident is the first in a long time that soldiers escorting travellers along that route would suffer such an attack.
Damboa, 87 km South from Maiduguri the state capital, has been one of the most attacked local government headquarters in Borno State.
Although soldiers have been protecting the town from being attacked or seized by insurgents, the highway to Damboa, which also leads to Chibok local government has been considered one of the most dangerous roads in the state.
At lest three days in a week, vehicles conveying travellers to and from the route would have to queue up to be escorted by armed security personnel, including soldiers. The escort team would also be responsible for accompanying travellers coming to Maiduguri from either Chibok or Damboa.
On Saturday, travellers from Maiduguri reportedly ran into an ambush by Boko Haram who targeted the military escort van.
“It happened at about 12:00pm to 01:00pm. When the convoy of travellers arrived Abbari village,” said a traveller who survived the attack.
“We were almost getting to Damboa when suddenly we heard some loud sound, and before one could figure out what was happening, we saw the escort vehicle up in flames and thick smoke. Then we began to hear sporadic shootings from different locations.”
The survivor, a 32-year-old male who requested anonymity due to security concerns, said all the passengers in the vehicles disembarked and fled the scene.
“I believe many soldiers may have died because the shooting at the military vehicle had hit it badly.”
Also speaking a leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, Bunu Malam, confirmed to Liberty News that “nine soldiers were escorting travellers from Maiduguri to Damboa,”
“The attackers had also gone away with a patrol vehicle belonging to our vigilante operatives who were also part of the escort team”.
The source said the attackers did not touch the civilian travellers.
The military has yet to comment on the matter. A text message to the acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, was not replied Saturday night.

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Seven More Bodies Found Dumped In Kenyan River - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 20, 2022
The unclaimed bodies were retrieved from the river in the last two months, according to a police report seen by officials at Yala sub-county mortuary.
The bodies have not been identified as they await autopsy.
Mortuary officials say three bodies were retrieved by divers in September and the other four were discovered by residents along the river.
The latest discovery increases the tally of bodies retrieved from the river to more than 30 since January.
Human rights activists say residents in the area are living in fear over the discovery of unidentified bodies from the river.

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Sex Education: ECOWAS Urges Member States To Collaborate With Children’s Parliaments - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 26, 2019
ECOWAS has urged it’s member states to collaborate with their children’s parliaments to address issues of sexual awareness and enhance opportunities for children to speak out.
The call was made during the presentation of the report of the Joint Committees at the ongoing session of the Parliamen in Abuja.
The committees are Human Rights, Child Protection and Other Vulnerable Groups; Legal and Judicial Affairs; Gender, Women Empowerment and Social Protection; and Health and Social Services of the parliament.
The report, presented by Chernor Bah, onbehalf of the committee, focused on the region’s Child Policy and the Strategic Plan of Action adopted in 2008.
The report stated that the policy was developed to support the promotion and fulfilment of children’s rights in West Africa, focusing on survival, development, protection and participation.


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Sex-For-Marks Bill: 15,550 Parents, Pupils Petition National Assembly - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 17, 2020
A civil society organisation, Exam Ethics Marshals International says it had sent a petition signed by over 5,550 parents, pupils and other stakeholders to the office of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
The Groups also demand the speedy passage of the bill forthe prohibition of sex-for-grade and other forms of sexual harassment.
It added that the petitioners were made up of 56 per centfemales and 44 per cent males, noting that the petition was pasted on theinternet and more people were still signing the petition until the bill issigned into law and implemented.
The Group’s Chairman, Ike Onyechere, in a release said thebill had earlier been frustrated when it was first introduced in the 8Assemblyin 2016.

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Sex Scandal: Ekiti State University Dismisses Randy Lecturer Caught In Viral Video - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 7, 2019
The Ekiti State University, AdoEkiti has sacked three academic staff members, including Olola Aduwo, accusedof involvement in sex scandal. It also dismissed two other workers fornegligence of duty.
It would be recalled that a seniorlecturer at the Department of Accounting of the University, was caught in a29-second video clip that went viral on social media purportedly trying to havecarnal knowledge of one of his female students.
The Institute’s Vice Chancellor,Edward Olanipekun in a statement said the decision was arrived at, at the 135 meetingof the institution’s Governing Council, which considered, among others, thereport of the preliminary investigation panel and the Staff DisciplinaryCommittee.
He added that the committeesstrictly followed all laid down procedures and gave him an opportunity todefend himself. He explained that Aduwo admitted to the accusations andconfirmed the validity of the report of the preliminary panels before which heappeared.
In same vein, the council approvedthe dismissal of two workers of the institution; Temitope Faleye and AdebanjiAdegoke, for abandoning their duty posts.

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Sexual Abuse: Agency Arrests Man For Trafficking Girlfriend To Mali - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 16, 2021
Spokesman of the agency Vincent Adekoya, who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abuja, said the suspect, who hails from Akoko, Ondo State, resides in Karmajiji, Airport Road, Abuja.
The statement added that the suspect had in the past two years, being in a relationship with the trafficked girl, an apprentice in one of the beauty stores in Abuja.
It said that during interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed that his elder sister who lives in Mali had called him early in the year to request for a girl to be trafficked to her for menial job.
The statement also explained that the suspect then allegedly convinced his girlfriend to undertake the trip to Mali and with the assistance of a “trolley” in Benin, Edo State, she was trafficked to Mali by road in April.
It quoted NAPTIP’s Director General, Basheer Mohammed, as expressing sadness over the incident, with an assurance that the agency would work with other security agencies to ensure her release.


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Sexual Abuse: FG To Fully Implement Sex Offender Register - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 21, 2019
Sexual Abuse: Federal Government To Fully Implement SexOffender Register
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen says the SexOffender Register will be fully implemented to protect girls and women fromsexual abuse.
She gave this assurance when she took a tour of the NationalCentre for Women Development, NCWD, in Abuja.
The Minister, who decried the rising cases of women abuse inthe country, also held an interactive session with members of staff of thecentre. She added that any sex offender that is found wanting will face thewrath of the law.
Tallen also assured the centre of the ministry’s support,while urging the centre to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics,NBS,  to gather data on women, whichwould aid in the planning and execution of projects that would empower morewomen.
On her part, the Centre’s Director General, Mary Ekpere-Etasaid the centre is set to establish zonal training centres in all the sixgeo-political zones to it build the capacity of rural women in the country.
She explained that establishing the zonal offices wouldenable the centre reach out to more women in all the local government areas,increase the number of beneficiaries of various skills acquisition, as well asreduce the cost implications of training.

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Sexual Abuse: Nigeria To Prioritise Sex Offenders’ Register In 2020 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 23, 2019
TheMinister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen says the newly launched sexoffenders’ register, containing the data of sexual offenders, would be givenprominence next year.
TheMinister was in a familiarisation visit of the National Centre for WomenDevelopment, NCWD, to inspect its facilities and Hall of Fame.
Shestated that issues of sexual violence against women and girls must be broughtto an end and also pledged that the register would be fully implemented nextyear to serve as a deterrent to others.

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Sexual Allegation: Lagos Govt Shuts Christland Schools, Orders Probe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
April 18, 2022
The shutdown notice was contained in a press statement on Monday.
The 10-year-old pupil was involved in sexual activity with another male
pupil during a trip to Dubai, which was organised by the school to take
part in an international competition.
Pupils from the elite private school located in Victoria Garden City had
embarked on the trip to Dubai to participate in the World School Games
between March 10 and 13, 2022 when the incident happened.
Following the incident which trended on Social Media, the school
authorities suspended the pupil indefinitely , stating that she was a major
actor in an immoral act.
But the mother of the pupil claimed that her daughter was drugged and
raped by some male students of the school.
Meanwhile, the Police said their investigation will establish the
identities of the players in the video, the true incident in the video, the
geographical location of the incident and circumstances surrounding the
alleged repeated pregnancy tests conducted on the student without
parental consent.
The government also warned those in possession or circulating the sex
tape to desist from such acts or be ready to spend 14 years in jail as
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Sexual Crimes: 414 Cases Reported, 38 Offenders Convicted In One Year - NAPTIP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
November 17, 2020
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this on Monday in Enugu during the training of stakeholders and members of state task forces on human trafficking in the South East.
Okah-Donli said the 38 people were those recorded in its register between November 2019 and November 2020. She said that the essence of the sexual offender register, launched in November 2019, was to name and shame sexual offenders in the country.
On human trafficking, Okah-Donli said that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic posed a great challenge to the crusade against the crime.
Okah-Donli said that NAPTIP, in conjunction with state governments and with the support of the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, and other partners, had between 2019 and 2020 inaugurated State Task Forces on Human Trafficking.

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Sexual Harassment: ASUU Calls For Review Of Existing Laws - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 19, 2020
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has calledfor a review of existing laws on sexual harassment in tertiary institutionsrather than formulating new ones.
ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the call at apublic hearing in Abuja on “Sexual Harassment of Students in TertiaryEducational Institution Prohibition Bill” sponsored by the Deputy SenatePresident, Ovie Omo-Agege.
The event was organised by the Senate Committee onJudiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters headed by Bamidele Opeyemi.
The bill which scaled 2nd reading at the Senate on November6, 2019, is seeking to prohibit sexual harassment in tertiary educationalinstitutions and imposes stiff punitive measures on perpetrators.
Ogunyemi noted ASUU is not in support of sexual harassmentin any form, noting that if there is a law that addressed issues related tosexual harassment, there was no point wasting time on another law. He furthersaid there is the need to review the existing laws and recognise the autonomyof the universities.
In her submission, Executive Director, Youth AliveFoundation, YAF Uduak Okon said the Independent Prohibitions Committee shouldbe protected because it was the first point of redress for students.

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SGBV: FG To Train Investigators, Prosecutors – Malami - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 30, 2021
Malami said this at the `First Moot Court Trial’ organised by the Finistry, FCT High Court in collaboration with the EU through the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption ROLAC Program in Abuja.
The minister, who was represented by the Director in the Public Prosecution Department, Abdulrahim Shuaibu, also stressed the need for the establishment of more Sexual Assault Referral Centres SARC in the country.
He said the access to justice based SARC will include an improve health care services that would address the medical, physical, mental and psychosocial consequences of SGBV to Survivors.
Ezeilo noted that the inauguration of the President of an Inter-Ministerial Management Committee on Eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence is a demonstration of the government’s renewed commitment to comprehensively address SGBV and protect the victims.
She said that the lessons gather from the mock trials will assist law enforcement, the judiciary and the criminal justice system to fast track the justice process on similar existing cases.

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SGF Apologises For Violating Protocols At Abba Kyari’s Burial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 21, 2020
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has apologised for the controversy that greeted his committee members’ conduct at the burial of Late Abba Kyari.
He was speaking at the 15th joint national briefing of the task force in Abuja.
Nigerians have taken to the social media to criticize the violation of the principle of social distancing at the burial ceremony of the late Chief of Staff to the president in Abuja.
But Mustapha said he regretted the unintentional violation of the principles and protocols that form the core of their messaging to Nigerians, at the funeral of the late Chief of Staff.
Mustapha said that lessons have been learnt, appropriate measures taken to close all gaps and assured all Nigerians of their safety and the determination of the Task Force to combat the pandemic.


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Shake-Up: Nigerian Army Redeploys GOCS, Top Officers To Strengthen Service - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 12, 2022
Director, Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement in Abuja, said those affected in the exercise include General Officers Commanding and other senior officers.
He added that Godwin Umelo, a major 3, had been redeployed from Defence Simulation Centre to Defence Headquarters and appointed the Director-General, Defence Research and Development Bureau.
Nwachukwu also stated that Major General V. Ebhaleme was appointed Director, Support Services in Defence Space Administration while Major General GB Audu moves to Nigerian Army Resource Centre as Senior Research Fellow among others.
The Spokesperson announced that the Army Chief had tasked all the newly appointed senior officers to justify the confidence reposed in them and redouble their commitment to duty. He also urged the newly appointed senior officers to ensure value addition in their respective commands.

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Shan-Inna: WHO Za Ta Fara Amfani Da Na’urar Bincike A Kasashen Afrika - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 8, 2019
Hukumarkiwon lafiya ta duniya WHO za ta fara amfani da na’ura da ke iya gano cutarshan-inna ga yara.
Na’urarkuma zata iya gano cututtuka kamar su bakon dauro da kwalara da shawara da kumacuta mai karya garkuwan jiki HIV.
Wasujami’an hukumar a Korea suka kirkiro wannan na’urar tare da nuna yadda akeamfani da ita ga hukumar lafiya ta WHO a ofishin ta da ke Jamhuriyyar Kongo.
WHOta bayyana cewa, amfani da na’urar zai taimaka wajen ganin an kawo karshencutar a kasashen Afrika.
Idanba a manta ba, bincike ya nuna cewa, kasashen Nijeriya, Afghanistan da Pakistanne suka rage a duniya da har yanzu su ke fama da cutar shan inna.


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Shanghai Tightens Security After Anti-Lockdown Protests Across China - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 28, 2022
However, this is one of several demonstrations that have flared across the country.
From the streets of Shanghai and Beijing to university campuses, protesters made a show of civil disobedience unprecedented since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago to oversee the quashing of dissent and establishment of an extensive high-tech social surveillance system.
There was no sign of new protests on Monday in Beijing or Shanghai. The Public Security Bureau did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The backlash against COVID-19 restrictions is a setback for China’s efforts to eradicate the virus, which is infecting record numbers of people and raising concern about the economic toll of lockdowns on the world’s second-largest economy.

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Shari’a: Kotu Ta Kori Kara A Kan Takardun Makarantar Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 27, 2019
Watababbar kotu da ke birnin Fatakwal na jihar Rivers, ta kori karar da aka shigardomin hana shugaba Muhammadu Buhari takara a shekara ta 2019 sakamakon rashintakardun makarantar shi.
WaniLauya mai suna Lezina Amegua, ya roki kotu sa hukumar zabe ta hana shugabaBuhari takara, amma mai shari’a Ishaq Sani ya kori shari’ar sakamakon rashin sahihancinta.
Alkalinkotun, ya ce bai ga yadda bayyana takardar shaidar makaranta ko madadin ta yashafi ra’ayin shi a matsayin dan takara ba.
Kotunta ce ba za ta lamunci yin amfani da ita wajen bata suna ko azarbabi da shishshiginwadanda ba su san kan abin da su ke kara a kai ba.
Amegua dai ya bukaci kotun ta ba shugaba Buhari umarnin ya bayyana takardar shaidar makarantar shi.

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Shari’ar Buhari Da Atiku: Manyan Lauyoyi 18 Da Za Su Kare Buhari A Kotu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 9, 2019
Rahotannisun ruwaito cewa, an fara zaman sauraron karar da Atiku ya shigar gaban kotunsauraron koken zaben shugaban kasa, inda ya zargi hukumar  INEC da jam’iyyar APC da shirya magudi wandahakan ya ba Buhari nasarar lashe zaben.
Saidai wasu rahotanni sun ruwaito cewa, tuni shugaban kasa Buhari ya kammala tarawasu tawagar lauyoyi da za su tsaya domin kare martabar nasarar da ya samu.
Jagorantawagar lauyoyin su hada da Cif Wole Olanipekun, twanda sohon shugaban kungiyarlauyoyi ta kasa sai kanin mataimakin shugaban kasa Akinola Osinbajo da kuma kakakinyakin neman zaben shugaba Buhari Festus Keyamo.
Sauransun hada da tsohon shugaban kungiyar lauyoyi na kasa  Abubakar Mahmoud da Femi Atoyebi da MikeIgbokwe da Niyi Akintola da Yusuf Ali da Osaro Egbobamien da Dakta Muiz Banire dadai sauran su.
Wannandai it ace tawaga mafi karfi da ka ta ba samu da zata jagoranci wata shari’a, wandahaka ta sa ake ganin ba za a taba tara kwarrru da gogaggu masana shari’ar kamarwannan ba.


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Shawara: NOA Ta Bukaci Rage Yawan Jam’iyyun Siyasa A Najeriya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
Hukumar wayar da kanjama’a a Najeriya NOA, ta bukaci rage yawan jam’iyyun siyasar kasar, donsaukakawa jama’a kada kuri’un su, da ma hukumar zaben kasar, wajen gudanar daaikin ta.
Bukatar hukumar ta NOA,ta zo ne bayan kammala zaben shugaban kasa da na ‘yan majalisun tarayya a makonda ya gabata, wanda jam’iyyu 71 suka fafata.
Shugaban hukumar aJihar Adamawa, Ahmad Sudi, ya shaidawa manema labarai cewa, an tafka hasararkuri’u masu yawa a zaben na makon jiya, la’akari da cewa akwai dubban jama’a dasuka gaza tantance alamar jam’iyyar da suka so zaba, saboda yawan alamun da kekan takardar jefa kuri’a, da kuma kamannin su.
A cewar Sudi, zai iyayiwuwa wasu da suka zabi jam’iyyar PCP da ta zo ta uku a zaben shugaban kasa dayawan kuri’u dubu 110 da 196, sun dauka PDP ce ganin cewa ko a kan takardarjefa kuri’a sunayen su na kusa, hakan kuma zai iya haifar da dangwala musuyatsa bisa kuskure.
Zalika da dama dagacikin wasu da suka zabi ADC da ta zo ta 4 a zaben na shugaban kasa da kuri’udubu 97, da 874, sun yi zaton jam’iyyar APC ce.
NOA ta kara da cewayawan jam’iyyun siyasar ya kuma haifar da tsaiko wajen kammala kidayar kuri’uko tattara sakamakon zabukan da suka gudana.


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Shawwal: Sultan Demands Sustained Prayers For Leaders, Declares Today Eid-El-Fitr - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 4, 2019
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar the third hasurged the Muslim Ummah to sustain fervent prayers for the nation’s leaders forsustainable peace and unity in the country and beyond and tasked Nigerians tocontinue to live in peace irrespective of religious, ethnic and culturaldifferences.
The Sultan also has declared today Tuesday June 4,as the Eid-el-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan fast.
The Sultan who announced the sighting of the newmoon of Shawwal in a radio and television broadcast in Sokoto, said the newmoon was sighted in Kaduna, Kebbi, Yobe, Borno, Jigawa and Sokoto States amongothers.
In accordance with Islamic law, he declaredyesterday Monday, the 29th day of Ramadan,1440 AH, which is equivalent to June3rd, marking the end of Ramadan and today Tuesday 4th June as the beginning ofthe new month of Shawwal.


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Shea Butter: Nigeria’s Untapped Production Can Yield $2bn Annually – Director - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 11, 2019
TheNigeria Agribusiness Register Networking AgNet, says the country`s untappedshea-butter is capable of yielding two billion dollars about 721 trillion nairaannually.
TheManaging Director of AgNet, Roland Oroh, made this known at a press conferencetoday in Abuja.
Theconference was organised to sensitise Nigerians on the potential of the sheabutter products in the country through the outcome of the research conducted bythe company.
Orohsaid that AgNet has an investment facilitation platform of CommodityDevelopment Initiative, was founded some years ago working with public andprivate sector partners to support development in Nigeria including increasinginvestment in agriculture.
Accordingto him, a Global Shea Alliance briefing of the 6th International Shea IndustryConference revealed that Nigeria has the largest number of shea trees in theworld.
Orohsaid that the country hosts over 60 per cent of shea trees but failed toharness its full potential through value chain initiative to enter the globalmarket.